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‘It’s Just Catchy As Hell’: Tinashe & Disco Lines on Their Summer (And Fall) Smash ‘No Broke Boys’

It was the evening of Aug. 3, and Tinashe and Disco Lines were enjoying the perks of their success.
Sitting in a hot tub in Las Vegas with a crew of friends and family, the pair raised glasses of Dom Pérignon and toasted accomplishing the rarest of feats — making the rare dance crossover hit.
Earlier in the day they’d performed this song together live for the first time ever poolside at the city’s lavish Fontainebleau resort — with Tinashe sauntering around onstage in stilettos and singing while Disco Lines worked the decks and the crowd before them bounced along to the beat.
Widely considered dance music’s — maybe any music’s — 2025 song of the summer, the duo’s teamup “No Broke Boys” has spent the last 11 weeks on the Hot 100, peaking at No. 39 and currently situated at No. 41. It’s generated 91.2 million on-demand official U.S. streams and 292.8 million on-demand official global streams, according to Luminate. In August, it ascended to the No. 1 spot on Hot Dance/Electronic Songs, unseating Marshmello and Kane Brown‘s “Miles On It” which had been holding down the top spot for more than a year. It also reached No. 1 on Dance/Mix Show Airplay in August and is now at No. 3 in its 14th week on the chart.
The song has also gone top 20 on 13 of Luminate’s International Charts, peaked at No. 2 on The Official U.K. Singles Chart and hit No. 7 on the Canadian Hot 100.
“I think it’s just catchy as hell,” Tinashe says of what’s driving the song’s success during a group Zoom with Billboard and Disco Lines “It’s fun for the summertime. It’s got that energy. It’s very tongue-in-cheek. It gets people going.”
The song is a take on the penultimate track from Tinashe’s 2024 album Quantum Baby, with the Disco Lines collab dialing up the BPM, adding an urgent synth production and loading up the track with bright and bouncy electronic flourishes. This version went viral after Disco Lines, the Colorado-born whose real name is Thadeus Labuszewski, played it during a set at EDC Las Vegas 2025 this past May.
“I played it at EDC, and then I played the collab in San Diego, and every time, everyone jumped,” says Disco Lines. “So I was like, ‘Tinashe, ‘Check this s–t out.’ Then a bunch of people kept using it on the internet, and it just gained momentum.”
“Yeah, it popped off,” adds Tinashe. “It went crazy.”
“I saw the initial edit at EDC, the little clip,” she continues, “and at that point we linked up through some mutual friends. I was like, ‘Well, this is f–king great’ and just wanted to build it out from there turn it into something super impactful.”
At this point the pair were working remotely, with Tinashe going in the studio to re-record some of her vocal elements so the collab would be, she says, “super crispy and super new and fresh.” The duo, both based in Los Angeles, eventually linked IRL to make photo and video content. “That was when the final version really came together,” says Tinashe.
One only need listen to this final version to get why it undeniably works, but beyond the “catchy as hell production” Disco Lines thinks part of its secret sauce is that “it tells a story, and we don’t see that in electronic music very often anymore.” Written by Tinashe, Ricky Reed and Michael Neil, the Quantum Baby version of the song tells the story of getting a call from your ex, who you swiftly reject because he’s broke and you’re better than that.
“Tinashe did an incredible job writing it,” says Disco Lines. “You can feel that [group of girls] energy when you listen. Everyone has had an ex that’s hit them back, and you’re like, ‘Stop banging my line.’ Everyone can relate, even me as a guy. I love the lyrics, and I think the writing Tinashe did is just so strong.”
The success of “No Broke Boys” is a quantum leap of a profile booster for Disco Lines, the producer who’s been on the scene for years, with releases going back to 2019. Tinashe has of course been a force in R&B for more than a decade, and has clocked hits across Billboard charts — including four other Hot 100 hits, most recently her 2024 smash “Nasty.”
She’s also been in the mix in the dance world for years, collaborating with Kaytranada on 2019’s “The Worst In Me” from his Grammy-winning album Bubba, appearing on the “b2b” remix on Charli xcx‘s 2024 album Brat and It’s Completely Different But Also Still Brat and scoring a Dance Club Songs No. 1 with her 2016 Britney Spears collab “Slumber Party.”
But the “No Broke Boys” pair agree that despite their respective profiles, the song’s success is putting each of them in front of new audiences and parts of the industry. “The fun part about music is that you can go in and create new versions and make different iterations of the same song, and it can speak to totally different people,” Tinashe says.
“It’s been fun to see the trajectory of the song and see it grow and it change and evolve into something that can speak to an entirely different group of people and bring an entirely different group of ears to the to the song,” she continues. “It’s exciting to see how music can evolve in that way.”
Doing the interview for this story the day after getting back from a 10-date tour in Asia, Tinashe reports that “No Broke Boys” was connecting with audiences even on the literal other side of the world. “It was so fun to see people singing that song all the f–king way in Asia,” she says.
Disco Lines reports the runaway success has also broadened his horizons by “opening up sessions with a bunch of hip-artists and higher caliber artists, which has been amazing.” While he says says he’s been relatively chill all summer in terms of producing new music, he recently had a session with Shoreline Mafia, which helps him on his mission of continuing to branch out from dance music.
Whatever other opportunities the song might open up, the pair agree, will be decided by the same “energy of the universe,” as Tinashe calls it, that’s made “No Broke Boys” a smash.
“We really haven’t had to make anything happen,” she says. “It’s just felt really natural, and I think that’s one of the most amazing things about it. So we’re going to keep going with the vibes, continue riding the waves and see what happens.”
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Taylor Swift’s ‘The Life of a Showgirl’ Smashes Multiple U.K. Chart Records, Earns Biggest Opening Week Since 2017

Taylor Swift’s record-breaking week continues as she bags No. 1 spots on the U.K.’s Official Albums Chart and Official Singles Chart following a gargantuan debut for The Life of a Showgirl (Oct. 10).
Her 12th studio album nets Swift her 14th No. 1 in the U.K. overall, while lead single “The Fate of Ophelia” earns the superstar her fifth U.K. No. 1 single.
The Life of a Showgirl gives Swift her biggest opening week ever in the U.K. with 423,00 units across physicals, streaming and downloads, surpassing 2024’s The Tortured Poets Department. The Official Charts Company reports that The Life of a Showgirl is the biggest opening week for any artist since Ed Sheeran’s 2017 album Divide (672,000) and is the largest opening week for an international album in the U.K. this century.
The LP is also named the U.K.’s fastest-selling album on vinyl this century, and the biggest one-week vinyl sale since modern Official Chart records began in 1994. On streaming, The Life of a Showgirl has notched up the most U.K. album streams over a course of a week ever. Streaming contributed 84,000 stream-equivalent sales to her total this week, eclipsing both Ed Sheeran’s Divide and her own previous studio album The Tortured Poets Department, both of which managed 79,000.
She also extends her lead with the most No. 1s on the U.K. Albums Charts for an international artist, and now ties for second overall with The Rolling Stones (14). The top spot is also currently a tie between The Beatles and Robbie Williams who both have 15 apiece; the latter playfully blamed Swift for the delay of his upcoming album Britpop, which was due to be released this week.
“The Fate of Ophelia” tops the U.K. Singles Charts, with “Elizabeth Taylor” (No. 2) and “Opalite” (No. 3) following closely behind. Swift adds to her existing four U.K. chart-toppers throughout her career: “Look What You Made Me Do” (2017), “Anti-Hero” (2022), “Is It Over Now?” (2023) and “Fortnight” (2024).
Olivia Dean loses her top spot on both charts after The Art of Loving and its single “Man I Need” earned the British star her maiden No. 1s on either chart. The LP falls two places to No. 3, while “Man I Need” closes at No. 4.
Oasis’ (What’s The Story) Morning Glory ends the week at No. 2 on the Albums Chart, and is joined by Sabrina Carpenter’s Man’s Best Friend (No. 4) and James Morrison’s Fight Another Day (No. 5).
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Kevin Jonas’ Wife Danielle Reveals ‘Traumatic’ Battle With Lyme Disease & Hair Loss: ‘I Just Wanted to Feel Like Myself’
Danielle Jonas, who is married to Kevin Jonas, has been dealing with some difficult health challenges behind the scenes.
The TV personality revealed in an interview with Parents published on Thursday (Oct. 9) that she has been diagnosed with Lyme disease, a conclusion she says only came after her doctors originally downplayed what she was going through. “They tried to tell me it was anxiety,” Danielle told the publication.
“Finally, I had a biopsy that showed I actually had Lyme disease,” she continued. “I also had eczema on my scalp, which was likely from the inflammation [caused by Lyme disease]. The hair loss was very traumatic.”
According to Mayo Clinic, Lyme disease is caused by borrelia bacteria, which humans typically contract after a carrier tick bites them. Longterm symptoms include body pains, skin conditions and immune-system issues.
In Danielle’s case, the hair loss caused by her illness was so severe, she got extensions — but they only irritated the eczema on her scalp more. Eczema, or atopic dermatitis, is a skin condition that causes dryness, itchiness and inflammation, according to Mayo.
“I had to go out and do things with Kevin,” Danielle recalled. “I just wanted to feel like myself.”
The Married to Jonas star and Kevin got married in 2009. They share two daughters — 11-year-old Alena, 11 and 8-year-old Valentina.
“They saw everything I went through,” Danielle said of her children, who she says also have eczema. “The main thing I tell them [when their eczema flares up] is, ‘This is going to pass.'”
Lyme disease is quite common in the United States. The CDC estimates that 476,000 people are diagnosed with it each year. Danielle is just one of many public figures who have opened up about their struggles with the illness, including Avril Lavigne, Justin Bieber and Shania Twain.
Earlier this year, Justin Timberlake shared that he’d also been diagnosed with Lyme. “If you’ve experienced this disease or know someone who has — then you’re aware: living with this can be relentlessly debilitating, both mentally and physically,” he wrote on Instagram at the time. “When I first got the diagnosis I was shocked for sure. But, at least I could understand why I would be onstage and in a massive amount of nerve pain or, just feeling crazy fatigue or sickness.”
Danielle’s revelation comes as her husband and his brothers/bandmates, Joe and Nick Jonas, are touring in support of their new Jonas Brothers album, Greetings From Your Hometown, which debuted at No. 6 on the Billboard 200. In late September, the band added 18 new dates to the trek, which wraps in December in Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Fat Joe Recalls Bruno Mars Snapping on Him Over Question About Puerto Rican Roots: ‘Broke My Heart’

Fat Joe was excited to meet Bruno Mars at an award show, but he claims their interaction went left when he asked the Grammy-winning artist about his Puerto Rican roots.
During a recent episode of Joe & Jada featuring Hit-Boy and The Alchemist, Fat Joe took the spotlight for a few minutes while recalling the time when Mars allegedly snapped on him.
Joe says he’s a big-time fan of Bruno’s work and he’d been waiting over a decade to meet the “24K Magic” hitmaker. “The guy next to me said, ‘You might not want to do it. He’s a fuck n—a,'” The Bronx native remembered being warned about Mars.
Still, Joey Crack went over to greet Mars, who was with his Silk Sonic collaborator Anderson .Paak.
“I said, ‘Yo, Bruno, what’s up, man?’ ‘Yo, what’s up, Joe?’ [he replied]. He’s with Anderson.Paak. I’m like, ‘Yo, you Puerto Rican?’ He got up,” Joe described, saying Mars appeared to take offense to the comment before things got hostile. “‘The f—k you mean? I’m a real Puerto Rican from Bushwick, Brooklyn! Don’t ever ask me that s–t in your life,'” Joe said Mars told him.
According to PEOPLE, Bruno Mars’ father, Peter Hernandez, is from Brooklyn and is of Jewish and Puerto Rican descent.
Fat Joe said that a frustrated Bruno removed himself from the conversation and went to sit on the other side of the venue at the unspecified awards show.
“Man, broke my heart. I wasn’t challenging him. Like, ‘tell me something. Who’s your father?’ [I asked in] the nicest way… Man, screamed on me. Went to the other room and was mad,” Joe added about the singer/producer he’s never worked professionally with. “Bruno, if you don’t remember it, I forgive you. But you did that, brother.”
Billboard reached out to Bruno Mars’ reps for comment but did not hear back at press time. Watch the full clip of Fat Joe recalling the interaction with Bruno Mars here.
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